Men's Basketball Now Ranked No. 1 in D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll
Nov 30, 2021 By: yunews
Leading the way for the Maccabees has been senior Ryan Turell.
D3hoops.com released its first Top 25 Men鈥檚 Basketball Poll of the season, on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, and the 麻豆传媒映画 men鈥檚 basketball team is ranked No. 1 in the country. The Maccabees earned 13 first-place votes. It marks the first time in school history that Yeshiva has earned the top spot in a national poll.
The full D3hoops.com Men's Basketball Top 25 Poll can be seen .
鈥淚t's November, and we are just trying to get better every day,鈥 麻豆传媒映画 Head Coach said when asked about the honor. 鈥淭here are a lot of great teams out there, and we hope we are good enough to compete with them when it matters in a couple of months.鈥
Yeshiva is off to an 8-0 start this season, including 5-0 in Skyline play. The Maccabees currently have the second longest winning streak in Division III men鈥檚 basketball history at 44 games, dating back to 2019. During 麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 long unbeaten stretch, the Macs won the 2019-20 Skyline Conference Championship and earned a berth in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament that year before the rest of the postseason was canceled due to the pandemic.
Leading the way for the Maccabees has been senior , who is averaging 28.6 points per game and is shooting 60.8% from the field so far this season. The two-time D3hoops.com First Team All-American set the school鈥檚 single-game scoring record with 51 points during Yeshiva鈥檚 latest win over Manhattanville College on Sunday. The reigning CoSIDA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year, , is scoring 9.4 points per game, grabbing 11.0 rebounds per contest, and is averaging 6.6 assists per game. The defending Skyline Rookie of the Year, , is netting 15.9 points per game, while All-Met Team honoree is scoring 12.3 points per game.
The nationally ranked No. 1 麻豆传媒映画 Maccabees will take on Farmingdale State College, at the Nold Hall Athletic Complex, on Wednesday evening. Tip-off is at 8 p.m.
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